Do we want/need Jimbo Fisher?

[Randy Carson]

And no, we can't afford him.

And besides, he's an offensive-oriented guy, right?

But he has Georgia roots...does Key make a call?

 

[Bogey]

Absolutely not.

 

[gtie73]

Absolutely not.

No ,but ask him to please send some of his money for our NIL

 

[IM79]

Maybe in an analyst position so he help steer some A&M players and recruits our way. Or as a janitor. But his offensive coaching abilities have not impressed me. He won when he had Jameis and he was never the same after we beat them in 2015

 

[Techwood Relict]

Yes. He has lots of free time and lots of oil money. I'd like him to donate to our program, preferably in large handfuls.....

 

[g0lftime]

Is their DC any good? Defensive linemen?

 

[Oldgoldandwhite]

No to Jimbo, but maybe some coaches or portal players.

 

[stinger78]

Did Jimbo get fired?

 

[bobongo]

Did Jimbo get fired?

Fisher fired by Texas A&M, to get record buyout

Texas A&M fired football coach Jimbo Fisher on Sunday morning, a move that resets the paradigm for coaching buyouts and opens up one of the country's most tantalizing jobs.

www.espn.com

 

[GT33]

He did a good job with King.

 

[684Bee]

Did Jimbo get fired?

They are paying him $76 million NOT to coach. We are paying Key 19% of that TO coach.

 

[stinger78]

They are paying him $76 million NOT to coach. We are paying Key 19% of that TO coach.

This is killing college football these days. Money! it’s a gas.

 

[684Bee]

This is killing college football these days. Money! it’s a gas.

The chasm between GT and big time programs is wide. We can, and should, do better, but, make no mistake, the expectations and money has definitely gotten out of whack.

 

[cpf2001]

The money gap feels like karmic payback for the “the average GT grad makes $X a year” video screen graphics at games

 

[684Bee]

The money gap feels like karmic payback for the “the average GT grad makes $X a year” video screen graphics at games

They might make that, but they aren’t giving to the AA. School endowment is flush with cash, while the AA is in desperate need. It’s kinda the opposite at UGA.

 

[GTRambler]

‘Ol Jimbo don’t have to work no more.

 

[Poodletop]

76 million to just go away? I’ve been asked to leave plenty of saloons and didn’t even get to finish my drink! And no, I see no need for Jimbo.

 

[Thwg777]

 

[bobongo]

 

[stinger78]

The money gap feels like karmic payback for the “the average GT grad makes $X a year” video screen graphics at games

It's the output of an institutional process that for decades droned on and on that academics are meaningful, and athletics are not. Our students and faculty for decades were fully imbibed in that value statement. It was institutional tunnel vision and now that piper is playing a pretty somber tune. However, GA Tech can still be quite relevant in college football, just likely not for the MNC hunt annually. Ask yourself, though, how many programs that HAVE banged that drum loud and long are rarely, if ever, relevant in the MNC hunt.

Seems to me that the more salient issue today is: Granted that we pay our coaches handsome salaries to coach our SA's, how much more ought we to pay them to produce teams that perform at exceptional levels? TAMU is the poster boy for money not buying love.